ICSE 2024
Fri 12 - Sun 21 April 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
Fri 19 Apr 2024 14:00 - 14:15 at Luis de Freitas Branco - Human and Social 7 Chair(s): Igor Steinmacher

Ads are integral to the contemporary Android ecosystem, generating revenue for free-to-use applications. However, injected as third-party content, ads are displayed on native apps in pervasive ways that affect easy navigation. Ads can prove more disruptive for blind users, who rely on screen readers for navigating an app. While the literature has looked into either the accessibility of web advertisements or the privacy and security implications of mobile ads, a research gap on the accessibility of mobile ads remains, which we aim to bridge. We conduct an empirical study analyzing 500 ad screens in Android apps to categorize and examine the accessibility issues therein. Additionally, we conduct 15 qualitative user interviews with blind Android users to better understand the impact of those accessibility issues, how users interact with ads and their preferences. Based on our findings, we discuss the design and practical strategies for developing accessible ads.

Fri 19 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
14:00
15m
Talk
“I tend to view ads almost like a pestilence”: On the Accessibility Implications of Mobile Ads for Blind Users
Research Track
Ziyao He University of California, Irvine, Syed Fatiul Huq University of California, Irvine, Sam Malek University of California at Irvine
14:15
15m
Talk
Constructive Code Review: Managing the Impact of Interpersonal Conflicts in Practice
Software Engineering in Practice
Pavlina Wurzel Goncalves University of Zurich, Joao S. V. Goncalves University of Zurich, Alberto Bacchelli University of Zurich
14:30
15m
Talk
Motivating Open Source Collaborations Through Social Network Evaluation: A Gamification Practice from Alibaba
Software Engineering in Practice
Shengyu Zhao Tongji University, Xiaoya Xia East China Normal University, Brian Fitzgerald Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Xiaozhou Li University of Oulu, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, Davide Taibi University of Oulu and Tampere University , Rong Wang Alibaba Group, will wang , Chunqi Tian Yongji University
14:45
15m
Talk
Objectives and Key Results in Software Teams: Challenges, Opportunities and Impact on Development
Software Engineering in Practice
Jenna L. Butler Microsoft Research, Thomas Zimmermann Microsoft Research, Christian Bird Microsoft Research
15:00
7m
Talk
Dealing with Data Challenges when Delivering Data-Intensive Software Solutions
Journal-first Papers
Ulrike Maria Graetsch , Hourieh Khalajzadeh Deakin University, Australia, Rashina Hoda Monash University, Mojtaba Shahin RMIT University, John Grundy Monash University
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
15:07
7m
Talk
What’s (Not) Working in Programmer User Studies?
Journal-first Papers
Matthew C. Davis Carnegie Mellon University, Emad Aghayi , Thomas LaToza George Mason University, Xiaoyin Wang University of Texas at San Antonio, Brad A. Myers Carnegie Mellon University, Joshua Sunshine Carnegie Mellon University
Link to publication DOI
15:14
7m
Talk
Confirmation Bias and Time Pressure: A Family of Experiments in Software Testing
Journal-first Papers
Iflaah Salman Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Burak Turhan University of Oulu, Robert Ramač Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Vladimir Mandić Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad